Katrina Trailers Redux: Highly Toxic, Weak Regulation, No Accountability
This criminal Bush administration doesn't give a damn about anything
but the haves and have mores, corporate cronies and their profits.
Therefore, there has been no effective regulation but rather active
deregulation by the government.
As the Washington Post reports: "High levels of formaldehyde found in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina evacuees on the Gulf Coast probably resulted from cheap wood and poor ventilation in designs used by manufacturers under permissive government standards, federal scientists reported yesterday.
And impeachment is still off the table.
As the Washington Post reports: "High levels of formaldehyde found in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina evacuees on the Gulf Coast probably resulted from cheap wood and poor ventilation in designs used by manufacturers under permissive government standards, federal scientists reported yesterday.
"An analysis by researchers for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that four Katrina trailers emitted the toxic chemical at levels four to 11 times as high as those found in typical U.S. homes. The study looked at both commercially available units and ones custom-built for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 and 2006.
"The new findings appear to confirm the role that manufacturers'
practices and weak federal regulation played in the public health
disaster after the August 2005 storm. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has called trailermakers to testify Wednesday".
And impeachment is still off the table.
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